Education In The News - March 1, 2007

Santa Ana Trustees Vote to Close Grant - OCR
Shutting the small campus will help balance the budget, district officials say.

Santa Ana to Close Two Schools - LAT
Trustees in Orange County's largest district vote to close Grant Elementary and Taft Intermediate as part of plan to trim $15.6 million for next year.

Nasty Battle for Classroom Control - LA Weekly
L.A., which educates one of every 12 California students, is ground zero in the Education Wars

Bush to visit New Orleans' charter school - Houston Chronicle
President Bush's decision to speak today at one of the city's 31 charter schools amounts to a political endorsement of the alternative schools that have proliferated here since Hurricane Katrina, a teachers' union official said.

U.S. public schools rate overall 'F,' report says - Hearst Newspapers
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Chamber of Commerce joined with a prominent liberal think tank on Wednesday to warn of potential long-term damage to the U.S. economy caused by the failure of American public schools to properly educate students.